Alfred Russel Wallace vs Sofia Kovalevskaya
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Compare the life timelines of Alfred Russel Wallace (1823–1913) and Sofia Kovalevskaya (1850–1891) side by side. Their lives overlapped for 41 years, from 1850 to 1891.
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Alfred Russel Wallace (1823–1913)
- — Born in Llanbadoc, Wales Verified
- — Worked as a land surveyor with his brother William Verified
- — Expedition to the Amazon basin Verified
- — Lost his collections in a ship fire at sea Verified
- — Expedition through the Malay Archipelago Verified
- — Joint Darwin-Wallace paper on natural selection read at the Linnean Society Verified
- — Married Annie Mitten Verified
- — Published The Malay Archipelago Verified
- — Awarded the Order of Merit Verified
- — Died at Broadstone, Dorset Verified
Sofia Kovalevskaya (1850–1891)
- — Born in Moscow, Russian Empire Verified
- — Contracted a marriage of convenience with Vladimir Kovalevsky Verified
- — Studied at the University of Heidelberg Verified
- — Studied privately with Karl Weierstrass in Berlin Verified
- — Received doctorate summa cum laude from the University of Gottingen Verified
- — Birth of her daughter Sofia Vladimirovna Verified
- — Appointed lecturer at Stockholm University Verified
- — Won the Prix Bordin of the French Academy of Sciences Verified
- — Promoted to full professor at Stockholm University Verified
- — Died of pneumonia in Stockholm Verified